Four in five households in Lebanon are struggling to afford basic necessities, with children increasingly going without food, missing school, and being pushed into work as conflict compounds years of economic hardship, according to a press release issued on 30 September 2026 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). In an alert published on Wednesday, UNICEF reported that children go to bed hungry in at least one in five households, while a similar share of families lack sufficient drinking water. The agency's new report, An Enduring Nightmare, documents the deepening toll on children. It is nearly six months since a 17 April ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Yet airstrikes and demolitions of homes continue.